Unscramble POLYTHENE and you have 211 words, POLYTHENE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. POLYTHENE has 1 anagram here, TELEPHONY, scoring 17 like POLYTHENE itself. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLYTHENE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 3 with 7, 21 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYTHENE; 7 of them share the top score of 14. PYTHON, PLENTY and OPENLY are everyday picks.
PHONY and PHYLE are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYTHENE, 13 points each. HOTEL, PHONE and HONEY will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from POLYTHENE are led by HYPE and HYPO, 12 points each. ONLY, HELP and THEN are the familiar ones.
HYP tops the 3-letter words in POLYTHENE at 11 points; next come HEY and HOY on 9. TOP, HOT and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POLYTHENE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by NEOPHYTE (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYTHENE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYTHENE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 163 | 211 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYPNOTEE, LYTHE, HYEN, HYLE, PEEOY, PHENE, PHEON, POLEY, PONEY, PONTY, POYNT, EOTHEN and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HENLEY, PLOYE, PHEO, PHO, PLEON, YEET, PO and TE, 8 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of POLYTHENE plus a single extra one.